Here's what's coming up next week at First Pres: View the full calendar Sunday, September 23 Join us for worship at 8:30, 9, 10 or 11 as we continue our sermon series, Lord. Pastor Tim McConnell Exodus 20:13. Adult Sunday Communities meet at 8:30, 10:00 and 11:00. Children's and Youth...
We're getting ready for worship on Sunday! View worship bulletins >> In last Sunday's sermon, "Lord of My Family," Pastor Tim McConnell quoted from a booklet written by Dr. John Stevens for First Pres titled "The Fine Art of Living." The piece is a series of meditations on the Ten...
Waters are still rising in North Carolina. Our friends the Stratmans and their church are still far from home, evacuated to other parts of the South. Rev. Nate Stratman was on staff with us for many years, finished his education to be ordained here, and we were then able to support his next...
Here's what's coming up next week at First Pres: View the full calendar Sunday, September 16 Join us for worship at 8:30, 9, 10 or 11 as we continue our sermon series, Lord. Pastor Tim McConnell Exodus 20:12. Adult Sunday Communities meet at 8:30, 10:00 and 11:00. Children's and Youth...
We're getting ready for worship on Sunday! View worship bulletins >> We've all been in trouble with our parents before. All generations prior and all to come have found ways to disappoint and disobey their parents. All the way back to Adam and Eve. And despite that, parent's still love...
Today is a “Where were you when” day, isn’t it? Seventeen years ago we suffered a horrible attack on our nation, a murderous event that changed many of our lives. I remember my grandparents talking about the bombing of Pearl Harbor. They remembered where they were when it...
Malacatan, Guatemala, is a small town close to the border between Mexico and Guatemala—about 15 minutes from the El Carmen border crossing. Yearly, tens of thousands of migrants from all over Central America are deported to this area by Mexican authorities. Large buses cross the bridge...
Here's what's coming up next week at First Pres: View the full calendar Sunday, September 9 Join us for worship at 8:30, 9, 10 or 11 as we continue our sermon series, Lord. We will be covering Exodus 20:8-11. Pastor Jennifer Holz will be preaching in the Sanctuary and Pastor Tom Pipkin will...
We're getting ready for worship on Sunday! View worship bulletins >> Even the Lord took a break. Six days of creation and on the seventh He rested. So often we get swept up in our own lives and work that we forget to stop. God knew rest was so important that He dedicated a whole...
Did you have a nice Labor Day yesterday? Labor Day marks the end of summer, and I saw lots of posts this weekend about last trips to the pool. It’s a day to recognize those who work hard to keep our country going, and for us it is also a day to give thanks for work. Work is a gift from...